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Correa reflexa var. speciosa

Correa reflexa var. speciosa, or eastern correa, is a shrub native to eastern Australia, grown for its red, pendent tubular flowers tipped pale yellow. It is a variety of Correa reflexa and tolerates dry conditions well once established.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; it is drought tolerant once established.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor, dry soils.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost once established, protect from hard frost
How easy
Easy

About

Correa reflexa var. speciosa, also known as eastern correa, is a variety of Correa reflexa, a shrub native to Australia.

Where it grows

The subspecies occurs in New South Wales and Victoria in dry sclerophyll woodland and on coastal dunes.

Other Correa plants

Hairy Correa · Botany Bay Teatree · Tasmanian Fuchsia · Correa baeuerlenii · Hindmarsh Correa · Spreading Correa · Deep Creek Correa · Correa glabra var. turnbullii · Rock Correa · Correa lawrenceana var. cordifolia · Correa lawrenceana var. genoensis · Correa lawrenceana var. glandulifera

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Correa reflexa var. speciosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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